2020 Tour de France Stage 11 Results & Recap
Stage 11 of the 2020 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Ewan makes it two at the Tour de France
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) sprinted to victory today on stage 11 of the Tour de France. It's the Australian's second Tour victory and the fifth of his career. It was perhaps the closest finish so far this week, but Ewan just pipped Sam Bennett and Wout van Aert, who finished second and third. Sagan initially finished in second but was relegated by the judges after some argy-bargy with Wout van Aert in the sprint.
Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) continued to lead the yellow jersey competition.
"It is true that wearing the yellow jersey, you shall never be caught sleeping, nor make any mistake," Roglic said. "We have to remain very focused during the whole stage. It's difficult to stay out of trouble with a whole bunch, especially in the finish. But the team does a great job at that. Wout van Aert is an exceptional rider, but it isn't only him. Everyone in this team does his part. This is why we have the yellow jersey. If you start to think about what can go wrong, a lot of things can happen. So we don't. Everyone in the team focuses on his job for the day, and it goes well like that. Let's keep it that way."
Another flat day for the sprinters meant that little breakaway interest was shown at the start. Only Matthieu Ladagnous (Groupama-FDJ) gave it a go and was left to forge ahead solo. He reached a maximum advantage of five minutes.
"I wanted to break away this morning," Ladaganous said. "Despite the headwind, I tried to enjoy my day at the front. I had a bit of hope when six riders tried to bridge the gap, but it didn't work out, so I continued solo. This is my eighth Tour de France, but I believe it's my first solo breakaway. We are a team of friends. We had the ambition to fight for GC with Thibaut Pinot. We don't have this goal anymore, so we look for other ways to be motivated. We count on the nice mountain stages to try and win them."
Oliver Naesen (AG2R-La Mondiale), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Tom Van Aesbroeck (Israel Start-Up Nation), and Michael Gogl (NTT) decided to shake things up with a counter-attack at km 20, but Deceuninck-Quick Step quickly neutralized the move.
Ladagnous was allowed off the front until 40km go to, when the peloton began to think about the finale. From there, the GC and sprint teams organized at the front, and it was a drag race until 7km to go, when Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) attacked and was joined by Kasper Asgreen and Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-Quick Step). It was a brave attempt to shake up proceedings, but with two km to go, it was all together again and the sprinters took over for stage honors. \n
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